Time shift: Greater Victoria should plan for dark days ahead

While many wrangle phone, vehicle or computer software with an automatic time shift that no longer occurs, a bigger issue for most – as much of the province sticks with its new Pacific Time or PCT – is the impending morning darkness.On the shortest day of the year – winter solstice on Dec. 21 – the sun rises at 9:02 a.m. and sets at 5:21 p.m. The latest sunrise of the year locally is Dec. 31 at 9:05 a.m.Significantly later daylight is due to the shift to Pacific Time, which eliminated th